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European-Made 3D Printer Will Be the First to Print Metal in Space
European Spaceflight · 3 Feb 2024
A 3D printer developed by Airbus under a European Space Agency contract will be the first to print metal components aboard the International Space Station. Aboard the first Northrop Grumman Cygnus mission to be launched...
Starship Gets Another Customer — The Starlab Space Station
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 1 Feb 2024
Voyager Space and Airbus announced today they will launch their Starlab commercial space station on SpaceX’s Starship. Unlike the International Space Station and other space station concepts, Starlab can be
ISS Roundup: new Axiom crewmates, robotic hops, and long-duration mission research
NASASpaceflight · 31 Jan 2024
This month, the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew joined the seven existing astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) from the Expedition 70 mission, comprised of the crews of Crew-7 and MS-24 — becoming the first al...
Cygnus and Falcon Spread Their Wings
Space Scout · 31 Jan 2024
On January 30th, at 12:07:15 PM Eastern Time, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lofted the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft as part of the NG-20 mission in a historic first for both Commercial Cargo providers. This mission is the firs...
CRS NG-20 launches cargo, science to ISS aboard Falcon 9
NASASpaceflight · 30 Jan 2024
The NG-20 mission has flown the Cygnus spacecraft S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson to a path that will take it to the International Space Station. However, as a first, it has launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 instead of an...
Op-Ed: The Load Bearing Rocket, A Falcon 9 Analysis
Space Scout · 29 Jan 2024
While NASA and its international partners look to the Moon and beyond under the Artemis Program, the mid to late 2020s will see a dramatic shift to the landscape of Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The International Space Station,...
NG-20 Prepares to Fly to ISS From Florida
Space Scout · 26 Jan 2024
Final preparations are underway for the launch of Northrop Grumman’s 20th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (NG-20), currently set to launch on January 29th 2024. This mission’s Cygnus spacec...
Axiom Mission 3 Takes Flight
Space Scout · 19 Jan 2024
On January 18th, 2024 at 4:49 PM, SpaceX and Axiom Space launched their third mission to the International Space Station, Ax-3, carrying a historic all-European crew on a 14-day mission. With Axiom enabling missions for...
Axiom Mission Carrying First ESA Project Astronaut Launched
European Spaceflight · 19 Jan 2024
The European Space Agency’s first project astronaut Marcus Wandt has launched aboard an Axiom-sponsored SpaceX Crew Dragon mission on his way to the International Space Station (ISS). Wandt and his three crew members wer...
SpaceX launches third Axiom mission to ISS
SpaceNews · 18 Jan 2024
SpaceX launched Axiom Space’s third private astronaut mission Jan. 18, sending a veteran former NASA astronaut and three astronauts from European governments to the International Space Station.
Axiom-3 launches multinational crew to orbit on way to ISS
NASASpaceflight · 17 Jan 2024
The private Axiom-3 mission to the International Space Station is now in orbit after a successful launch from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The mission features a crew representing five different countries, four of...
Third Axiom Space private astronaut mission ready for launch
SpaceNews · 17 Jan 2024
Axiom Space is set to launch its third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, although technical issues have compressed the timeline for launch preparations.
All European Axiom Mission 3 Prepares for Launch
Space Scout · 16 Jan 2024
SpaceX and Axiom Space are targeting January 17th, 2023 at 5:11 PM for the launch of their third mission to the International Space Station, Ax-3, carrying a historic all-European crew on a 14-day mission. With Axiom ena...
Launch Roundup: Axiom-3 crew and Tianzhou 7 cargo space station missions this week
NASASpaceflight · 9 Jan 2024
A pair of missions to space stations headline the launches for the week of Jan. 10 to Jan. 17. Axiom-3 will be flying four private astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), becoming the first crew launch of 20...
ISS Roundup: 25 year anniversary, spacewalks, cargo arrivals and departures
NASASpaceflight · 22 Dec 2023
The final quarter of 2023 saw the International Space Station (ISS) celebrate 25 years in orbit, though there was no letup in the ongoing work as the Expedition 70 crew settled into the tasks and experiments that are car...
NASA revises contract strategy for ISS deorbit vehicle
SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2023
NASA will give companies greater choice in the type of contract to use for producing a deorbit vehicle for the International Space Station.
Coming Soon... I.S.S
The Launch Pad · 7 Dec 2023
I.S.S explores the hypothetical scenario of the ISS becoming a battleground as Earth faces nuclear obliteration.
NASA Orbiter Snaps Stunning Views of Mars Horizon
NASA · 27 Nov 2023
This unusual view of the horizon of Mars was captured by NASA’s Odyssey orbiter using its THEMIS camera, in an operation that took engineers three months to plan. It’s taken from about 250 miles above the Martian surface...
Canada Assigns Joshua Kutryk To Starliner-1 Crew
The Launch Pad · 23 Nov 2023
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has selected Joshua Kutryk to serve on the Starliner-1 crew, a upcoming long duration ISS mission.
NASA acknowledges possibility of short-term post-ISS gap
SpaceNews · 22 Nov 2023
While NASA seeks to maintain an uninterrupted human presence in low Earth orbit, an agency official said a short-term gap between the International Space Station and commercial successors would not be “the end of the wor...
McAlister: Space Station Gap Would Be “Not Great, But Not Irrecoverable”
SpacePolicyOnline.com · 21 Nov 2023
As the International Space Station celebrates its 25th anniversary, the Director of NASA’s Commercial Space Division said today that the agency is working closely with partners to avoid a space
Stars aligning for Boeing crew launch in April
NASASpaceflight · 20 Nov 2023
The long-awaited crewed launch of Starliner has gained increased positivity that its latest launch date will remain on target, following numerous slips since the maiden uncrewed flight to the International Space Station...
Into the Night: CRS-29 Launches to ISS
Space Scout · 11 Nov 2023
After weeks of reshuffling, NASA and SpaceX’s CRS-29 mission lifted off from Historic Launch Complex 39A for the International Space
SpaceX Cargo Dragon ready for resupply trip to ISS
Teslarati · 9 Nov 2023
NASA and SpaceX are currently targeting the launch of the CRS-29 resupply mission to the International Space Station this evening at 8:28...
ESA Signs Agreement for Potential Use of Starlab Space Station
European Spaceflight · 9 Nov 2023
The European Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus Defence and Space and Voyager Space to explore the potential of European utilization of the Starlab Space Station once the International Spac...
ESA to start commercial cargo program
SpaceNews · 7 Nov 2023
The European Space Agency announced Nov. 6 it will start a competition to develop commercial vehicles to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station by 2028, a step towards developing a crewed vehicle.
ILLUMA-T: Entering a New Age of Space Communications
Space Scout · 6 Nov 2023
A next generation optical communications system known as ILLUMA-T is ready for flight onboard the CRS-29 mission to the International Space Station.
Sierra Space completes first Dream Chaser
SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2023
Sierra Space has completed assembly of its first Dream Chaser vehicle as it aims for a launch of that spacecraft to the International Space Station as soon as next spring.
NASA open to extending ISS beyond 2030
SpaceNews · 3 Nov 2023
A NASA official opened the door to keeping the International Space Station in operation beyond 2030 if commercial space stations are not yet ready to take over by the end of the decade.
NASA safety panel warns about ISS transition risks
SpaceNews · 30 Oct 2023
A NASA safety panel expressed concerns about NASA’s plans to shift from the International Space Station to commercial successors, including funding for an ISS deorbit vehicle.